This is official, folks…
It’s direct from the American Dialect Society.
(It doesn’t get much more official than that!)
The 2012 word of the year is…
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HASHTAG
“This was the year when the hashtag became a ubiquitous phenomenon in online talk,” Ben Zimmer, chair of the ADS’ New Words Committee, said in a statement. In the Twittersphere and elsewhere, hashtags have created instant social trends, spreading bite-sized viral messages on topics ranging from politics to pop culture.”
The word of the year in 2010 was similar: “TWEET”
What would YOU have proposed as the word of the year for 2012? What do you think it will be for 2013?
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